Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis (22 August 1888-30 April 1919) was a German nobleman who was a member of the fascist Thule Society; in 1919, he was executed by the Bavarian Soviet Republic for his racist views.

Biography
Gustav was born on 22 August 1888 in Dresden, Saxony, German Empire, and he was a member of one of the noble families of Germany. He studied philosophy at the University of Tuebingen before serving in the Imperial German Army during World War I, and he joined the occultist and voelkisch Thule Society after the war. On 26 April 1919, he was arrested with six other right-wing spies by the Bavarian Soviet Republic in the city of Munich, Bavaria, being accused of attempting to stage a coup d'etat against the soviet republic. He was executed by firing squad with the other accused spies.